About Danes Hill

Danes Hill School is widely recognised as one of the leading co-educational day preparatory schools in the country. Situated in 55 acres of landscaped ground in the village of Oxshott, Surrey, Danes Hill provides boys and girls aged 3 to 13 with a broad and balanced curriculum.

Admissions

Choosing a new and, perhaps, first school for your child can be a daunting but extremely rewarding task. The choice of the most appropriate school can seem an impossibly difficult decision to make but, in our experience, parents should trust their own judgement - you know your own children best and we are here to guide you through every step of the way.

Danes Hill Life

Danes Hill encourages boys and girls to become confident, articulate individuals by providing them with values, skills and a desire for learning ready to take on the challenges of the next stage of their education and life beyond. Their school life will be full of wonderful experiences and achievements.

Pre-Prep

The first three years of school - Mini Transition, Transition and Reception - are together called the Early Years. Bevendean is Danes Hill Pre-Prep school and here, we aim to help all children to take their first learning steps in comfort, safety and confidence.

Prep

The Main School is divided into the Lower School (Years 2 and 3), Middle School (Years 4 and 5), and Upper School (Years 6 to 8), each with its own Head, its own assemblies and traditions, and very much its own ethos. Children are encouraged to feel allegiance to their own particular section of the school, and this sectional subdivision ensures that the school never feels overwhelmingly big.

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Educating the whole child

Our mission is to develop young people with active and creative minds, a sense of understanding and compassion for others, and the courage to act on their beliefs. We stress the total development of each child: spiritual, moral, intellectual, social, emotional and physical.

School Development

School development: now and in the future

Danes Hill has experienced an extensive and exciting period of development over recent years, and this is testament to our philosophy of providing the very best facilities for our staff and pupils to flourish.

In the last few years alone, the following projects have been completed:

Rebuilding of the Ravens block;

New Dining Room and alterations to the Main School kitchen to enhance service;

A new entrance to the Ravens and School House complex;

New offices and storage space;

New library;

New classrooms in the Ravens block;

The temporary Wrens building has been granted permanent status;

Updates to the swimming pool at Main School with improved spectator viewing areas;

New classrooms in Pre Prep (Bevendean);

Transformed the 'peanut'

We have submitted planning permission to build a new Sports Centre and are grateful for the on-going support demonstrated by the Danes Hill community to assist us to secure the necessary planning permission.

Exciting times lie ahead as we continue to strive to provide our pupils with outstanding facilities and resources to enable them to benefit from the very best education and life experience from their time at the school.